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07-16-2007 10:54 PM

TrueBlue

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Originally Posted by sailingdog

TMI Trueblue... TMI...

Au contraire SD . . . TLI . . . TLI, is the answer.

07-16-2007 10:08 PM

sailingdog

TMI Trueblue... TMI...

07-16-2007 12:16 PM

TrueBlue

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I understand that significantly cooling my cabin will not be cheap, but what is the most affordable way to cool my cabin to a comfortable sleeping level?

Just sleep in the nude, with no covers on warmer evenings. In Southern New England's summer climate, that - coupled with hatch screens and a windscoop over the berth, is all the cooling we ever need.

07-16-2007 12:14 PM

hellosailor

Passionkid-
That's classic "chilled water" cooling/refrigeration. The problems on a boat are that first, you need power to pump the water all the time. Second, raw water is going to have all sorts of crud in it, which means filtering it, and attending to cleaning out the system from time to time. And then the usual problems with water pipes, leaks, electrolysis, clogging < g > but it certainly can be done.

07-16-2007 12:05 PM

christyleigh

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Originally Posted by sailingdog

Stan-I've got two of the Nicro 24-hour solar vents on my boat... while they do move a bit of air at night... a Hella Turbo or Caframo Bora moves a lot more air, and is directed where the cooling (ie my carcass) is most needed, rather than the cabin in general.

Just wanted to make sure he was aware of the different flavors of solar as there are still many 'solar only' daytime vents being sold. We also have always had a Hella 12v fan directed across the berth for cooling air movement and the 'white noise' we have become accustomed to needing. I have also set up a kind of 2 stage cooling system on our boats - the 'assisted passive' 24hr solar intake and exhaust, but when it gets Really Hot I would kick in the 12v Hellas strategically placed to move the air in and out faster in those same directions.

07-16-2007 10:59 AM

sailingdog

Stan-

I've got two of the Nicro 24-hour solar vents on my boat... while they do move a bit of air at night... a Hella Turbo or Caframo Bora moves a lot more air, and is directed where the cooling (ie my carcass) is most needed, rather than the cabin in general.

Quote:

Originally Posted by christyleigh

The bigger, better, and of course more expensive solar/battery 24hr vents will run all night. I've been using them on all my boats for the last 15 years.

07-16-2007 10:49 AM

christyleigh

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Originally Posted by sailingdog

I agree.. but they don't do much for you at night, when you really need the extra cooling, when you're trying to sleep. BTW, I have two solar vents on my boat... and they help keep it much cooler when she's at the slip all closed up and waiting for me to arrive.

The bigger, better, and of course more expensive solar/battery 24hr vents will run all night. I've been using them on all my boats for the last 15 years.

07-16-2007 10:23 AM

PassionKid

It would be a bit of work, but why not take advantage of the very water you are floating on? I've often thought of rigging up a form of rad / pump / fan system that will pump cool water through a rad from under the boat, and pass a fan through the rad - wouldn't this provide adaquate cooling? I'm sure there are boxed systems like this no? The power requirements would be very low (a small pump and fan combo), and you might even have enough of a temperature differential between the ambient cabin temperature versus the water temperature to condense moisture from the air?

07-16-2007 07:01 AM

essman

Maybe ice melt rate would be a more effective measurement with the KoolerAire unit....... :-)

I could not find any information on this web site regarding the cooling capacity of this unit. Can someone provide a BTU/hour number for this? I don't know any other way to accurately compare two air conditioning systems.

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